Benjamin Franklin (January 17 1706 [O.S. January 6 1705] – April 17 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and in many ways was the First American. A world-renowned polymath Franklin was a leading author printer political theorist politician postmaster scientist inventor civic activist statesman and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
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active years end date
1776-11-07, 1783-04-03, 1785-05-17, 1788-11-05
active years start date
1775-07-26, 1778-09-14, 1782-09-28, 1785-10-18
associate
Silas Deane, John Adams, Arthur Lee (diplomat)
birth date
1706-01-17
birth place
Province of Massachusetts Bay, Boston
child
Francis Folger Franklin, Sarah Franklin Bache, William Franklin
country
Sweden
death date
1790-04-17
death place
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
individualised GND number
118534912
LCCN Id
n/79/043402
office
Member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly
order in office
1st United States Postmaster General, 6th President of Pennsylvania
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